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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯：自助论·摘录 175
塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯《自助论》· Self-Help · 领导
About that time (1767), the personal liberty of the Englishman, though cherished as a theory, was subject to grievous infringements, and was almost daily violated. The impressment of men for the sea service was constantly practised, and, besides the press-gangs, there were regular bands of kidnappers employed in London and all the large towns of the kingdom, to seize men for the East India Company’s service. And when the men were not wanted for India, they were shipped off to the planters in the American colonies. Negro slaves were openly advertised for sale in the London and Liverpool newspapers. Rewards were offered for recovering and securing fugitive slaves, and conveying them down to certain specified ships in the river.
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定位：Excerpt 175 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
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1767年前后，英国人的个人自由虽然理论上受珍视，但实际上却经常遭到严重侵犯。强征水兵的做法司空见惯，除了抓壮丁的团伙，伦敦和各大城市还有专门的绑架团伙，为东印度公司抓人。当印度不需要人时，这些人就被运往美洲殖民地的种植园主。伦敦和利物浦的报纸公开刊登出售黑奴的广告，还悬赏追捕逃跑的奴隶，并将他们押送到河上特定的船只。这说明，当时自由理念与现实之间存在巨大鸿沟，法律保护远未覆盖所有人。
上下文
斯迈尔斯《自助》中描述18世纪英国社会状况的段落，背景是工业革命前夕。
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今天社会中，哪些人的自由仍被忽视？你能做什么来推动改变？
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